"And he will!" the girl burst out, as the Englishman, after another ejaculation, moved away. "Oh, why do you always play so into his hands? That will be all about the ship in ten minutes. He will hear it, and can easily take the pool from Mr. Close-Stuart this afternoon. And then you are Manling irrevocably."
"Exactly. I am counting upon his hearing and doing that; but it won't make me Manling so irrevocably as you are kind enough to fear for me, Protector."
"Oh! You mean—"
"I'll be as conspicuously on deck as possible this afternoon when, I hope, Mr. Close-Stuart will be successfully looted."
"I see; another alibi! And am I to be in this one, too?"
"I was going to ask, since more people would notice me if I were with you than if I were anywhere else, may I have my chair brought about beside yours again?"
"Of course! I did not know that you were
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